The next day, everyone was introduced to the secret realm of Chaoyuan, and Li Zhi stepped on the flying sword and went straight to Ezhou.

One way is more than 1,500 miles, with his current realm, it is enough to go back and forth in one day.

The primary purpose of this trip is to bring Ji Lechi and Shang Wei back, and when he saw the children's cultivation yesterday, he thought that this trip was urgent.

No matter how early Pingwa came into contact, it is not as disciplined as Ji Lechi and Shang Wei, who have been systematically cultivated in the sect.

is Li Zhi himself, who is inferior to the two of them in this regard, and lacks formal teaching experience.

What's more, at present, the other people have their own ties, and the two of them need to improve their cultivation in the aura environment for a long time, and with them watching, the children's cultivation can stay in the secret realm for a long time.

Before noon, he appeared outside the gate of Ezhou Mansion, and Li Teng and Li Wenmin had just not gone out to eat, because the two young Yin Li Ting and Bei Zheng left one after another, and the successors were called Ma Tong and Liang Haoshi.

These two obviously know a lot about Li Zhi, and their attitude is very enthusiastic, and they learned through Li Teng's introduction that Ma Tong is the maiden nephew of Guo Yan's wife, and he is considered to be related to Qingqi, and he is twenty-nine years old this year, but he is much older than Li Zhi.

However, he still had to call Li Zhi's brother-in-law, and at that time, the second and third rooms paid attention to these things, but they didn't dare to go beyond the title of the big room.

This person is also a cultivator, and it is precisely because of this that he appeared in the Ezhou Thorn History Mansion, and the reason is because of the Tongyun Cave.

However, it is still very rare to ask for the convenience of entering Tongyun Cave as an official, and it is more than everyone like Li Zhi, who can play in both official and cultivator capacities.

There is only one possibility, this Ma Tong is not just relying on the military power of the Kuang family, he must also have great ability in the military.

Only the military's identity requirements for cultivators are exceptional, although Ma Tong is only at the level of a third-level hunter.

After asking, sure enough, Ma Tong's Ma family is a member of the Hexi Governor's Mansion, and his status is only under Qingqi's grandfather, Hexi Jiedu's envoy, and he has a close relationship with the Guo family, and the Ma family is also a local wealthy family.

However, these noble identities are really nothing in Li Zhi's eyes, if it weren't for the fact that he sees Ma Tong very pleasing to the eye, is clever and has a good eye, so he is also willing to help.

When he arrived in Ezhou, he appeared with Li Zhi or Fu Chen and Liqi, seeing that Li Zhi and Li Teng seemed to have something to say, Ma Tong looked for him and the two of them very interestingly.

"How is this kid still smart?" Li Teng said in a low voice.

"It's okay, but the problem is that I don't know much yet! By the way, my uncle is currently living at home, why haven't I heard him talk about it? ”

It is normal for Li Zhi to ask this question, after all, Ma Tong was introduced by Guo Yan, so it stands to reason that something should be revealed.

Li Teng said with a smile: "You still don't know about the situation, sometimes you are scary, especially when your personal feelings are involved in official affairs, you will never take your personal feelings into account first!" Ma Tong's arrival was actually found by the old man, and for this reason, the old man hid in Chang'an City! ”

"And this?" Li Zhi was surprised, "The wine we drank together last night, I also came to him specially for him, and he said it was for the Cliff Mountain!" Hehe, now there are fewer people who have this insistence! ”

"You might as well just say he's stubborn!" There is a personal friendship between Li Teng and Guo Yan, so he speaks very casually, "But I'm really optimistic about Ma Tong, in some respects he is more authentic than Bei Zheng, and he is very sincere!" ”

"Well, he also gives me a similar feeling, the key is that he is still related to our family Qingqi!"

"So Mr. Li is interested in helping him? I didn't give out the two places in my hand without your consent! ”

These are the three places left by Li Zhi to Li Teng, one of which he left to someone in the same family surnamed Li, and the remaining two have been held in his hands, not for personal gain.

He is a magistrate, and there are many people who intend to ask for a place through him, and being able to stick to the bottom line like this is one of the reasons why Li Zhi is willing to make friends with him.

In fact, it is also a gathering of likes, he can have a personal relationship with Guo Yan, of course, there are many things in common in the concept of life.

"Ma Tong can enter the cultivation for a while, but it is not suitable at the moment, you also know that it has been opened to the cultivation world recently, and I am here to take a few people away this time, and also to make room for them! In this way, the longest of this group of cultivators is only three months, but I estimate that one or two rooms will be available after a month, and I will ask him to go to Tongyun Cave with me in a while, and he will often come to the door to keep an eye on it in the future. But I have left a Yuan Qi Pill for you in advance, and if you look at him like that in the future, you can give him the pill, and if the character is not good, forget it! ”

Li Teng took the elixir that existed in the small jade box and looked at it for a long time: "This is the elixir?" Sure enough, it looks extraordinary! ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "It's still far from the elixir, but few people in the world have seen it!" If Brother Wen Min has personal needs, you can speak, you and I still trust you very much! ”

Li Teng waved his hand, "It's a matter of cultivators, I will never come forward if I can get rid of it, our development direction is different, and I have a lot to avoid!" ”

Li Zhi nodded, understanding what this person said, the line surnamed Li where he is located, can go further in the officialdom, he is the only one in this generation, and many eyes are staring at him, and he is not allowed to make the slightest mistake.

"Have there been a lot of people from the cultivation world recently?" Li Zhi then asked the right question.

"Recently, people have come, and there have been a large number of cases in the past two days, and I am very pleased that they seem to have someone who is strictly supervising these people, most of them rushed directly to Tongyun Cave, and they couldn't enter for a while, and they all waited in place, and rarely came out to walk around the city!"

"This time it is a collective action in the cultivation world, there is a special part in charge of order, and many people with extremely high status in the cultivation world will also come, and those ordinary cultivators are very strictly restrained!"

"That's true, and my people rushed to Tongyun Cave to inquire about this, and those who came were very polite!"

Li Zhi said happily: "To provide Tongyun Cave to them for free, my first requirement is not to cause trouble to the local government, and even this cannot be guaranteed, I will directly cancel this opportunity to enter the training!" ”

"That's what I thought! And only you can do that. Li Teng did not hide his thoughts.

talked about a few more related issues, and most of the purpose of Li Zhi's visit had been achieved, and it was Li Teng's turn to ask:

"Mr. Li, you have made a lot of noise in Chang'an City and Dengzhou, and the Dengzhou matter involves Dongying, I won't ask about these, there are too many Taoists in it! But your business building in Chang'an City has a huge positive impact, and I still want to go on a trip to learn from you! ”

"What? Ezhou City, also want to take the road of business? Li Zhi said with a smile.

"That's natural, a trade city has driven the trade boom in the entire north, this is something that the imperial court did not expect, it is said that the flow of the trade city in the first month has reached hundreds of thousands of taels, not only my eyes are red, but some areas in the south also want to get a piece of the pie!"

"Haha, Brother Wen Min, your information is too far behind, the governments of the southern regions, including Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, and Mingzhou, have joined forces with local merchants to go to Chang'an City to build a cloth trade city specifically facing the south, just opposite my trade city, only a dozen zhang away, and the construction started as early as two months ago!"

"Ah, these people are very cunning, and half a month ago, there were people from them who came to talk about it, with an eager expression, it turns out that they have already started construction?"

"In fact, they have been paying attention to this matter long before the opening of my trade city, and as soon as the prospects are optimistic, they will act immediately, and their vision is much ahead of yours!"

"I'll admit it, their more southerners are very business-savvy! But I don't understand. Isn't it convenient for you to allow them to open a trade city under Nyapiz, so that they can rob you of food? ”

"You're thinking too superficially, in fact, I wish the entire Datang cloth merchants would come to me, Datang's market is huge, and it is by no means monopolized by any one or one place! Besides, I won't allow them to be in Chang'an City, there are places where they can undertake. Once the supply is too scattered, it will not benefit anyone, but we in Chang'an City are the first to establish the largest cloth market, and it will be difficult to make a profit if there is duplicate construction in other places. Because we have the most complete variety of colors and colors, and the most concentrated overseas merchants, do you think those southerners have not taken these into account? ”

"Don't tell me about the twists and turns in this, I don't understand, but you and I have a good relationship, and besides, the adults are your uncle, so I'm busy with your help! Originally, the business environment of Ezhou City was very good, but due to geographical reasons, there must be floods every year, so that there are fewer and fewer foreign merchants, and many merchants have now begun to fish for a living, and there is no business! ”

Li Zhi saw that he was anxious, and decided to get to the bottom first: "There is no need to talk about personal friendship, you and I are not outsiders, and my Tongyun Cave is on your land, and the way has been thought of for you a long time ago!" ”

Li Teng looked a little anxious, "Isn't it too late to build another trade city at this time?" ”

Li Zhi smiled and shook his head: "You can't be limited to one side, and those southern merchants have a large number of very mature weaving merchants, what should you do about the supply of goods?" Didn't you find out anything from the mouths of those southerners who came half a month ago? ”

Li Teng thought for a while, "No, it's just polite words, and I don't understand business, so I haven't talked about it deeply!" ”

"Then they didn't ask you to borrow a boat or something, saying they were going around and playing on their own?"

"Huh? You're really godly, or maybe you heard something beforehand? ”

"Where do I go to find out? Do you know who has been here? In fact, Ezhou City and Chang'an City both have the same geographical disadvantages, but the specific situation is diametrically opposite! You're flooded here, and I'm worried that there won't be a smooth waterway, you understand? ”

Li Teng thought for a while, and suddenly remembered the way Li left last time: "I seem to understand, you mean to make full use of the developed waterways here to help Chang'an City find a waterway for goods that need to go south?" ”

"Do you think those Southerners borrowed your boat for fun?"

Li Teng stood up and said excitedly, "I think I understand Mr. Li's idea, that is, I want to open and use this waterway in Ezhou City to take over all the freight problems that need to be taken by waterway?" And that channel is the one you found earlier? ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "I have walked through that line twice, and the Shengjing Zero can pass through, and naturally other large cargo ships can too!" The most important thing is that the Danjiang line is currently little known, Caoyun had passed through this road in the early years, but the section from Shangluo County to Longju Village, because the river is narrow, the water must rise in summer and autumn, and it can be passed through civilian boats, so it has not been included in the official label. But the locals have already widened the river, as far as I know, it has not been officially reported, you and Ezhou City just use what way, buy through, force pressure, in short, as soon as possible along the relationship through, both ends of the checkpoint set up early, large cargo ships or still have difficulties, on the use of a large number of Ezhou City idle ships, and strive to grab the first few batches of freight orders, this road soon out? ”

Li Teng shouted a few hellos, causing people in the other hall outside the door to frequently look inside.